In the project SUNCEP School Development Program and Methodological Support for Students with Disabilities in Kenya, a development team of ten people works together with five primary schools in Kenya. The goal is for the partner institutions to implement inclusive, effective education for everyone - it was revealed in a press conference yesterday. The joint application of the Adra Adventist Development and Aid Foundation and the Bárczi Gusztáv Faculty of Medical Education of the Eötvös Loránd University was also supported by the Hungarian government within the Hungary Helps Program.
In her speech, Gabriella Papp, the dean of the ELTE Gusztáv Bárczi Faculty of Special Education, emphasized that the focus of their activities is on helping people with disabilities, their independent lives, and their decision-making. He welcomed the government's decision that they can now continue their activities and work, which is otherwise unique in Europe, across the border in Kenya.
Lénárd Daráz, the vice-chancellor of Eötvös Loránd University, highlighted that the program supporting people with disabilities will be launched in five Kenyan schools. It is hoped that the methodology of inclusive education will help Kenyan children with disabilities a lot, as well as provide new research material for educators and researchers. The goal is to accept and co-educate people with disabilities.
According to Tristan Azbej, the State Secretary of the Prime Minister's Office responsible for helping persecuted Christians and the implementation of the Hungary Helps Program, Africa is both a continent of challenges and opportunities. He continued his greeting as follows: "It is important for Europe that Africa is a prosperous region. Children also get effective help by helping local communities and not by supporting migration. In the spirit of peaceful coexistence, we provide local residents with a vision for the future and support women and children. We are already present in 18 African countries, and hundreds of young people study with us thanks to the Hungarian government."
The State Secretary added that the initiator of the presented project is a young Kenyan man who studied in Hungary and will now help disabled minors with special educational needs in his homeland.
Zoltán Sitkei, the head of the project, the managing director of the Adra Adventist Charity Foundation, said that the Kenyan student's idea was a professionally compiled, complex material, which already had sustainability built into it. Sitkei emphasized that after reading the plan, there was no doubt that they really wanted to implement this idea in the country.
The full article from Vasarnap.hu can be read here.
Author: Anna Kismarty
Image: Azbej Tristan in Africa - Facebook
